HYPERICACE^E. 59 



Overflowed grounds. Throughout Can. and the U. S. June Aug Q\. 



Stem 6 12 inches high. Flowers very small, pale yellow, solitary in the divisions 

 of the stem. Small-flowered St. John's Wort. 



9. H, Canadense Linn. : stem erect and straight, 4-winged ; leaves linear, 

 attenuate at the base, rather obtuse : panicle elongated, dichotomous ; sepals 

 lanceolate, very acute, longer than the petals ; stamens 5 10 ; capsule 

 long, conical, colored. 



Gravelly soil. Can. to Geor. June Aug. (J). Stem 6 12 inches high. 

 Flowers small, yellow. Capsule much longer than the calyx, and of a reddish 

 color, by which, together with its linear leaves, it can be readily distinguished 

 from the preceding. Canadian St. John's Wort. 



10. H. Sarothra Mich.: erect, much branched above; branches seta- 

 ceous ; leaves minute, subulate, appressed ; flowers terminal, subsolitary ; 

 stamens 5 10 ; capsule conical, very acute, 1-celled. H. nudicaule Walt. 

 Sarothra gentiaiwides Wittd. 



Sandy fields. N. Y. to Car. June Aug. 7J.. Stem 48 inches high, 

 much branched. Leaves scarcely more than a line long. Flowers minute' 

 orange-yellow. Stamens variable in number. Ground Pine. 



11. H. prolificum Linn. : stem shrubby, terete ; branches angled ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, revolute on the margin, pellucid-punctate ; corymbs 

 axillary and terminal, few-flowered, sepals ovate-lanceolate ; stamens very 

 numerous. H. galioides Pursh. 



Banks of streams. N. J. to Flor. W. to Texas. Jiily. A shrub 2 3 feet 



high, with much compressed branches. Leaves 2 inches "long. Peduncle* gen- 

 erally 3-flowered, the intermediate one nearly sessile. 



Proliferous St. John's Wort. 



-2. ASCYRUM. Linn. St Peter's Wort.. 



(From the Greek a, privative, and a<vpog t roughness ; the plant being smooth 

 to the touch. Torr. N. Y. f7.) 



Calyx 4-sepalled ; 2 outer sepals smaller. Petals 4, cadu- 

 cous. Stamens many, scarcely united at base. Styles 2 3, 

 rarely 4, sometimes united. Capsule 1-celled, 2 3-valved. 



1. A. Crux-AndrecB Linn.: stem much branched at base, assurgent; 

 leaves obovate-oblong, or linear-oblong, obtuse ; flowers solitary or cymu- 

 lose, on short pedicels ; outer sepals ovate, inner ones very minute ; petals 

 linear-oblong; styles 2, at length distinct. (Torr. <f* &>') A. mnlticaide 

 Mich. 



Sandy fields. N. J. to Flor. and Louis. July. QJ-. Stem 8 inches to 2 feet 

 high, ancipital above. Leaves variable in width. Flowers usually in threes, 

 pale yellow. Common St. Peters Wort. 



2. A. sfans Mich. : stem ancipital and somewhat winged ; straight ; 

 leaves closely sessile, ovate-elliptic, obtuse, glaucous ; outer sepals cordate- 

 orbicular ; inner ones lanceolate, one-third shorter than the others ; styles 

 3, rarely 4. A. hypericoides Linn. ? 



Sandy swamps. N. Y. to Flor. July, Aug. %. Stem 1 2 feet high, 

 branched at the summit. Floicers mostly three together, yellow, much larger 

 than in the preceding. Upright St. Peter's Wort; 



